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Author:

Strange, Marty.

Title:

Family farming : a new economic vision / Marty Strange ; with a new introduction by the author.

Edition:

New ed.

Publisher:

Institute for Food and Development Policy,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

lviii, 311 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Family farms--United States.
Agriculture--Economic aspects--United States.
Agricultural innovations--United States.
Agriculture and state--United States.

Notes:

First ed. published 1988. Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-301) and index.

Contents:

Farm crisis again -- Industrializing American agriculture -- Land, the central issue -- A tale of three farms -- The myth that bigger is better -- Chasing the myth: big-farm blues -- Living the myth -- The market trinity: land, prices, and technology -- Technology: getting control of the farm -- Within family farming -- What can be done? policy choices.

ISBN:

080321748X (pbk.)
9780803217485

OCLC:

(OCoLC)192045592

LCCN:

2008005218

Locations:

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)